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Kensington 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Watek Supply, Waste.pipes of Cisterns The Medical Officer of
the Local Government Board recommends
Abolition of 149
,, „ Communications addressed by the Vestry to the
Local Government Board, to the Vestries and to
the Water.works Companies, with reference to... 150
Gas, Results of examinations for ascertaining the illuminating power
and purity of the 151
„ Supply of, for street lighting 154
„ Excessive pressure complained of: a proper subject for
enquiry: Remedies proposed 154
Conclusion 155
APPENDIX.
STATISTICAL AND OTHER TABLES.
Table 1. Estimated Population in 1885, and ten previous years
1875.84; Number of Inhabited Houses, and of
Marriages, Births, Deaths, &c. 159
„ 2. Birth Rate aud Death Rate ; Death Rates of Children;
Deaths in Public Institutions in 1885 and 1875.84 160
,, 3, Deaths Registered from all Causes in 1885 161
,, 4. Deaths from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases ; and
from Pulmonary Diseases; Tubercular Diseases;
Wasting Diseases of Infants, and Convulsive Diseases
of Infants: Gross and Proportional Numbers 163
„ 5. Deaths in 1885, and in 1875.84, from the Seven Principal
Zymotic Diseases: in the Parish, in the Metropolis,
and in England and Wales 164
„ 6. Summary of Inspectors' Reports of Sanitary Work
completed in the year 1885.6 165
„ 6a. Summary of Monthly Returns of Work done by the
Sanitary Inspectors in the year 1885.6 166
„ 7. Death Rates, General and Zymotic; Kensington and
London; and Proportion of Deaths from Zymotic
Diseases to Total Deaths in 1885 and 10 previous years 167
„ 8. Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in London and
Kensington in 1885; Percentages of Deaths under
one year to Births registered; and percentages of
deaths under one year and at 60 and upwards; from
the principal Zymotic Diseases; and from violence;
of inquest cases ; and of deaths at public institutions,
to total deaths 168
* „ 9. Localities where fatal cases of the more important of
the Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1885 169
„ 10. Vaccination Officer's Annual Return 171
„ 11. Slaughter.houses, Licensed; and Names of Licensees 172
„ 12. Cowsheds „ „ 173